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It was mid-day when the rangers met up outside Ninja Ops that next day. They had split up into pairs and headed off into different directions of the forest to spar.
In one area of the forest, Cam and Dustin had been at it for awhile. The both of them had been pretty good with keeping up with one another, dodging and blocking the other's attacks. It wasn't until Dustin stopped all of a sudden that when Cam sent a punch towards his face, Dustin ducked at the last second to avoid getting hit, which left Cam in surprise at his sudden stillness.
"Woah," Dustin exclaimed. "That was close!"
"You said it," Cam agreed. "What was that about anyways?"
Dustin stared at him for a good minute before he asked, "Is there anything going on between you and Tori?"
Taken aback at his sudden question, Cam suspected that he heard him wrong. However, when he asked for him to repeat, Cam looked at him with surprise. "What makes you think anything is going on between me and Tori?" He eyed the yellow ranger with curiosity. Obviously if he was thinking that something was going on, then that would mean the others were thinking the same thing as well.
Right? Probably. Most likely... Yes. Especially someone he has in mind.
Dustin scratched his head. "Well because obviously you two went out yesterday."
Cam raised his eyebrow at his answer, shaking his head at how Dustin never really gave it some thought as to why him and Tori went out.
So scratch that. Probably. Most likely... the others did think this one out a lot better than Dustin. But then again, probably not everyone.
"It was nothing, Dustin." Cam sighed, and before Dustin could say anything else, Cam sent a kick, which Dustin dodged. Soon the two were back into their sparring, sending punches and kicks at one another. It wasn't long until the brown haired man began to weaken as Cam continued to block his every move. Once he saw an opening, Cam flipped over his head and sent Dustin a roundhouse kick to his legs, causing him to land on his back. Quickly jumping back onto his feet, Dustin slowly realized that Cam disappeared during his lack of focus. He carefully searched his surroundings but couldn't find his sparring partner.
Just then, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to face his opponent, but was thrown completely off guard when felt a finger poke his cheek. Falling back in surprise, Dustin stumbled into the ground as Cam laughed
"Hey, man! What's so funny?" Dustin asked.
"Man, you should have seen the look on your face when you fell!" Cam exclaimed in between laughs, glad that he was able to distract him from asking anymore questions.
"Dude, that is so not funny," Dustin said, pointing a finger at him. "Besides," he breathed. "I'm getting tired."
Cam nodded. "Well, then we're going to have to wait on the others."
"Fine. Then I'll just be over here. Wake me up when they're done, would you?" And before the green ranger could respond, Dustin slowly moved towards a nearby tree, propped himself against it, and fell asleep. Cam just shook his head, chuckling at the yellow ranger's antics.
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Surrounded by a series of fallen trees, Shane and Hunter were sparring one another. It was just an easy-going sparring between the two, warming up with one another before they got into it full on.
It didn't take long for them to warm up, and soon they were trying to knock the other down.
"Dude, you so cannot beat me," said Shane as he blocked a punch thrown by Hunter.
The crimson ninja smirked. "I bet I can," he replied, blocking a kick.
"I bet you can't."
A smirk began to grow on Shane's face as the two ninjas knew where this was headed.
"Loser buys the winner a meal?" Hunter questioned, knowing his answer already.
"Oh, you're so on."
Then what started as a simple sparring match turned into a full out battle. Shane and Hunter were repeatedly punching, blocking, and kicking until one of them slipped up, allowing for the other to take advantage of their moment of weakness and knocking them into the ground.
"Dammit!"
"Yes!" Shane laughed, throwing his hands in the air. "Free food!"
Hunter looked up at Shane with surprise before coming to his senses and stood up. "Hey, I want a rematch."
Shane wagged his finger in his face. "Nu-uh-uh," he sang. "You know the rules."
Hunter grunted, crossing his arms. "I'll get you next time," he mumbled. "That's for sure."
Shane just laughed.
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In another part of the woods on the hillside, Blake and Tori were sparring swiftly and smoothly. Each of them were holding themselves up pretty well on their own, deflecting whatever came their way and sending their counterpart an attack. Tori threw a punch, aiming at Blake's chest, which he blocked. He, in turn, sent her a kick towards her legs in which she jumped over.
"Nice kick," the water ninja commented.
"Nice punch," replied the thunder ninja.
"Hmm, well don't let the blonde hair fool you. You're going down." Tori said with a smile growing on her face.
During her time yesterday with Cam, there had been times where she had zoned out, and it had gone unnoticed by Cam. He was always the perceptive one when his thoughts weren't so heavily occupied. Cam had questioned her a couple of times when it happened, but she would just wave it off saying that it was nothing. However, the both of them knew it wasn't nothing, but Cam never pushed the subject further, which Tori was thankful for.
The entire time her and Cam were out, she couldn't help but think about someone else and what they might've been doing at that moment. Now, looking before her, she couldn't help but feel happy about who she was with.
Blake chuckled. "Oh, yeah?" He reached over and tried to grab on to Tori, but she grabbed him first and pinned him down. Tori grinned as she stood up. "Now that's how a girl does it," she exclaimed, placing a hand to her hip and holding her head up high in victory.
Tori then turned her gaze back towards Blake only to realize that he was gone. She took a look of her surroundings, searching for any sign of him, until she felt someone grab her by the waist and pulled her down. The two then rolled down the hillside until they came to a stop with Tori underneath her captor. Having her eyes closed during the tumble down, Tori opened them and looked up to see Blake grinning at her.
"I took you by surprise, didn't I?" Blake asked with a smirk. Although, he wasn't sure what came over him to do such actions.
"Well, yeah," Tori breathed, trying to hide the redness on her cheeks.
Silence fell between the two as they stared into each other's eyes, each of them feeling a tingling sensation growing in them. Then without a single thought, Blake closed his eyes and began to close the gap between them. Tori watched him with wide eyes as she focused on controlling her racing heart. Just as Tori shut her eyes close, each of them now feeling the other's breath, the two heard their names being called.
Suddenly realizing their position, Blake quickly separated himself away from Tori and turned away to hide his growing blush, leaving Tori to get up on her own.
"Uhm... the guys are calling us," Blake commented, nervously scratching his head. "I think we should go."
"Yeah," came Tori's shaky reply. "Wouldn't want them to worry."
The two then jogged their way back up the hill and towards the area the rest of the group were with Blake leading the way, which gave the two some space to think about what just took place. They both knew that they had wished the kiss happened, but, at the same time, was scared how the other person would react.
Without realizing it, Blake and Tori soon met up with their fellow teammates. They slowed to a walk once they were close enough, and it was then that the other guys noticed their unusual silence.
"Did something happen?" Cam asked, taking in their silence
"Yeah, and what took you guys so long?" Hunter added.
Blake shrugged, but not before scratching his head nervously. "Eh, you know. Just sparring."
Reminded of what had occurred earlier, Tori tried to hold back a blush as she nodded her head. "Yeah, sparring." The guys noticed this and laughed, knowing that something must've happened to cause the two blues to act this way.
At the sound of their laughter, Dustin woke up and stood up with a yawn. "Hey, guys. What'd I miss?"
Hearing this, Shane and Hunter laughed even harder and Cam chuckling with a shake of his head, causing Blake and Tori to grow even redder than before. Dustin only stood there looking confused.
"Okay, you guys. That's enough," Cam said in a lightly scolding tone. "We better start heading back to Ninja Ops. It's getting late." They all nodded and began their trek back to their hideout.
Along the way there, Dustin began to tell everyone of his spar with Cam and how he scared the crap out of him. They all laughed, and Shane began to tell his victory as the team climbed down the staircase into Ops.
Once inside, Cam had excused himself, saying that he had to check on something, but this didn't stop Shane from bragging about his victory.
Hunter had a grumpy look and had his arms crossed. "I so could've taken you down," he mumbled.
Shane cupped his ear, leaning in closer to Hunter for him to speak louder. "I'm sorry. What? I can't hear you?"
This earned Shane a slap upside the head by Hunter, who was now grinning at the sight of Shane in pain.
Shane growled. "You want a rematch? I'll give you a rematch!" And he tackled Hunter into the ground, both boys now wrestling. Dustin and Blake were now laughing and cheering while Tori only smiled whilst shaking her head.
A small crash was then heard, causing the rangers to fall silent. Both Shane and Hunter slowly got up as they all looked at each other before Tori called out.
"Cam? Is everything okay?"
Their only response was footsteps shuffling in a hurry, and soon the rangers began to head towards the sound. As they turned the corner, they expected to see Cam. However, what they didn't expect to see was a masked stranger clad in a black ninja suit trimmed with white surrounded by broken glass.
Greetings! So I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I want to apologize for the delay. I had some college stuff to tend to, and then this past weekend I went to the One Direction concert! Any fans out there? Hahah, I'm not a big psycho fan like my friend... maybe just a little bit.. I blame her fangirl influence. Hahaha! Anywhos, review!